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Thanks to my involvement with Maker Faire, my efforts in Social Media, and some other projects I am starting to get a little attention from the local news media for Harris Educational and the Reinventing Science kits.

On July 10th I was featured in a full page article in the “Accent” section of the Sunday edition of “The Times News” here in Burlington NC. The article “A Science Hobby becomes a career” by reporter Molly McGowan tells some of the story behind how and why I started Harris Educational and how I make the Reinventing Science kits here in Burlington (proudly hand made in the USA!). The article is online and can be found at the Times News website HERE.

That article lead to an interview with Brad Jones of WGHP Fox 8 News (of Greensboro NC) for their “Made in NC” segment. “Made in NC” features new, innovative, and interesting companies in North Carolina that make products here in NC. It was an honor to be included in this segment and I’m glad to be able to get the word out about what I’m doing. I’m very happy at how the interview turned out and feel it was a good mix of my philosophy behind Reinventing Science kits, a look at the kits themselves in action, and some good footage of me making parts for the kits. They even managed to get some focus for my new ShopBot Desktop CNC router.

The interview aired on the evening news on August 26th. I’ve uploaded my off-air recording of the interview to YouTube (see above) but a higher quality version can be found at the Fox 8 “Made in NC” site HERE (along with links to all of the other interesting companies and products they’ve featured).

They say everyone gets fifteen minutes of fame. By my calculations I’ve now used up about three of mine. I wonder where my adventures with Harris Educational, Maker Faire, ShopBot, and my other projects will lead me next? Its always great to make more people aware of the kits and help improve sales a little, but really I’ll be happiest if these stories (and hopefully future ones) lead to more fans for the community I’ve been developing on Facebook on the Harris Educational fan page.